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0¹ ARMSTRONG beat three Walsall players and stroked a golden opportunity over. 2¹ The bemused ADÁN was all agog as a backpass from SYLLA fell just wide. 5¹ GOAL!! Some good work by GALLAGHER on the left, left TAYLOR yards clear, and he pulled away from ADÁN and blasted the ball into the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers) 6¹ GALLAGHER pulled away from SARABIA but hit the ball into the arms of the Walsall 'keeper. 7¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward TOMIYASU and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. 8¹ ARMSTRONG beat SCHUURS and drilled the ball to GALLAGHER who fumbled his effort wide. 11¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. 21¹ GOAL!! A long drive from CARVALHO deflected off the boot of SYLLA and into his own net. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers) 24¹ The 'keeper parried a clever strike from CARVALHO. 26¹ An exceptional effort from PAULINHO scraped the outside of the righthand post. 29¹ A tame strike from TAYLOR rolled agonisingly wide. 39¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in RAFINHA tapping a low shot over. 0² GOAL!! After a good build-up PAULINHO drove the ball past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers) 2² GOAL!! After some patient play on the left HOFMANN came inside and drove the ball into the net. (2-2) 9² ARMSTRONG shot wide. 14² GOAL!! A tackle from KIWIOR gave Walsall a free-kick thirty yards out which SARABIA fired past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (3-2 Walsall) 19² CLARKE's shot beat the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers upright. 30² TAYLOR's shot was well held by the Walsall 'keeper. 32² A header by CARVALHO at the near post was comfortably collected by ADÁN. 34² HOFMANN clipped the ball through a crowd of players but SÁNCHEZ was a match for it as he dived to his right. 39² A great save prevented GALLAGHER from scoring a good goal. 40² A cross from HOFMANN left TOMIYASU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.

Blackburn Rovers   League position: 10 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: WXXWLWXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Robert SÁNCHEZ 6  1 6  Antonio ADÁN(c) Lewis TRAVIS 7½ 2 6½ Takehiro TOMIYASU Jakub KIWIOR 6½ 3 5½ RAFINHA James GARNER 8  4 7  Bryan CRISTANTE Wesley HOEDT 7½ 5 7½ Perr SCHUURS David WOLFE 7½ 6 6  Loubadhe SYLLA Fábio CARVALHO 7½ 7 7  Alassane PLÉA Kenneth TAYLOR 7½ 8 6½ Pablo SARABIA (p)Sam GALLAGHER 6  9 7  PAULINHO(p) (f)Flynn DOWNES 6½ 10 6  Jonas HOFMANN(f) Adam ARMSTRONG 6½ 11 6  GIOVANI Henrique Manager Tyrhys DOLAN    12    Carl JOHNSTON Matt TURNER    13    Remko PASVEER Jake BIDWELL    14    Emil FORSBERG Tyler BINDON    15 6  Jack CLARKE Joe ROTHWELL    16 6½ JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN

Walsall   League position: 9 Away league form: XXLL Overall league form: WXLWXLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Blackburn Rovers 2 Walsall 3 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 31,308, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Lee Mason 6) Taylor 5¹, Sylla 21¹ (og) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Paulinho 0², Hofmann 2², Sarabia 14²   PaulinhoóClarke 14², PléaóJosé Fontán 18²         4 2 5 22 0 0 8 5 5 4 13 9 6 2 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: James Garner ¶